"What the hell is Donald Trump's preferred outcome, when it comes to the deepening international/humanitarian crisis that continues to develop in Cuba? It has long been clear that the U.S. Secretary of State, the son of Cuban immigrants and a persistent hawk when it comes to putting the screws to the embattled country, is the architect behind the administration's various attempts to force regime change there via sheer, heartless cruelty."
"Rubio has referred to Cuba as "the head of the snake," and well, what does one do to snake heads to neutralize them? What has long been frustratingly unclear is what the two men actually want regime change to look like, or how it would come about, short of boots-on-the-ground American invasion. Cuba has no opposition party; no clear alternative waiting in the wings."
"Nevertheless, Trump keeps calling the fall of Cuba inevitable, telling reporters in Iowa last week that "Cuba will be failing pretty soon." In classic Trump fashion, however, despite promising the country's devastation Trump also objected to a reporter claiming that the U.S. would "choke off" the country by not allowing desperately needed oil shipments into it. "The word 'choke off' is awfully tough," the President whined, while immediately promising destruction again afterward:"
Marco Rubio has driven a policy of intensified pressure on Cuba, framing the island as an enemy center and advocating measures intended to force regime change through harsh sanctions. The administration has tightened restrictions that risk depriving Cuba of essential supplies, creating conditions that could produce widespread death and chaos. The U.S. lacks a clear alternative leadership or opposition within Cuba to assume power post-crisis. President Trump alternately predicts Cuba's imminent collapse while publicly balking at descriptions of deliberately cutting off life-sustaining shipments, delivering contradictory rhetoric alongside actions that deepen the humanitarian emergency.
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